Stephan Weil, incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) federal state Premier of Lower Saxony, Bernd Althusmann, top candidate of Lower Saxony's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and Julia Willie Hamburg of Lower Saxony's Greens party attend an interview at a TV studio after first projections for the Lower Saxony state election in Hanover, Germany, October 9, 2022. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
